Timeline of Karlskoga

The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Karlskoga, Sweden (originally Möckelns bodar).

Prior to 16th century

 * 1261 – First mention of Karlskoga as Möckelsbodar. 

16th century

 * 1586 – Karlskoga Parish is established.
 * 1589 – Parish renamed after Charles IX of Sweden.

19th century

 * 1825 – The first folkskola is established.
 * 1870s – Nora–Karlskoga Line opens
 * 1883 – The Swedish newspaper Karlskoga Tidning is established as a weekly periodical.
 * 1885 – Street lighting begins.
 * 1894 – Alfred Nobel acquired Karlskoga-based corporation Bofors-Gullspång.
 * 1897 – Karlskoga Municipal Community is established.

20th century

 * 1900 – Population surpassed 10,000 inhabitants.
 * 1904 – The Karlskoga epidemical hospital is established.
 * 1925 – Degerfors detached itself from the Karlskoga Municipal Community.
 * 1940 – Karlskoga Parish is established as a new administrative entity, "Karlskoga stad".
 * 1944 – BIK Karlskoga is established.
 * 1946 – Opening of Karlskoga Art Gallery.
 * 1963 – KB Karlskoga FF is established.
 * 1972 – Karlskoga folk high school is established.
 * 1974 – K-center Galleria is established.
 * 1979 – Hosted the 1979 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships.
 * 1985 – On 10 January 1985, a gas leak occurs at Björkborn.
 * 1994 – Sweden becomes part of the European Union.
 * 1996 – City twinned with Narva in Estonia.

21st century

 * 2009 – Karlskoga tingsrätt disestablished.
 * 2015 – Karlskoga Municipality celebrated surpassing of 30,000 inhabitants.
 * 2022 – The new Björkborn Bridge replaces the old, poorly maintained bridge.